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From Dennis G.
Joe Tapia Photography
Joe was our photographer for an event that we have in Sacramento. He was a great photographer and we received the photos in a timely manner. Our event included sponsors and partners that required photographs and Joe was able to get those pictures for us. He was also able to get pictures of our celebrity guests as well. We will definitely look to Joe for future events.
From Taryn G.
Boatright Photo
Highly recommend Steve At Boatright Photo. Our firm hired Steve for a company event and could not be more pleased with the pictures. He was easy to work with, punctual, and handled the photography of the event effortlessly. We hope to work with him again in the future.
From Thumbtack Customer
CMYK Photography
Chris Kisela served as our event photographer for the swearing-in of our statewide elected official. This was a very high-profile and special event, and he was absolutely wonderful.
We found Chris shortly before the event, and so only had days to prepare with him, yet he was still responsive and professional.
At the event, Chris was punctual, professional, and was extremely easy going and friendly. All my staff enjoyed working with him at the event. He survived the photo line of nearly 200 people taking photos with the elected official and did so with ease.
Following the event, Chris was amazing! He sent a few photos immediately following the event so we could include them in a press release. He then sent later that evening the entire gallery of photos so we could post and send them out to our attendees. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the shots he got were great and his photos crisp.
We were 100% satisfied with his work, and we would work with him again and refer him to others. Thanks Chris!
From Robert L.
David Thuman Photography
I had the very best experience with Crew Photography that I have ever had with a photographer. He took an interest in what our event was about and whom it was for. His interest came through in every photographs. Every little detail that was experienced that day is there for everyone to see forever. I will be hiring Crew Photography for my next event as well as recommending it to all of my family and friends.
From Jesse B.
Edwards Productions
Jamal was fantastic. I hired him for my Christmas party and he photographed all the guests in candid and staged photos capturing the feel and specialness of the event. Highly recommend!!
From Thumbtack Customer
HungQPham Photography
The quality of Hung's photos during our event were exceptional! Before our event he did research and communicated with our team to determine what we wanted captured in our photos. He is was on time, professional and a pleasure to work with. When handed a unaccepted angle at our event he dealt with it with ease and a smile! From this experience, our organization will hire Hung for other projects.
From Stefan G.
Joe Tapia Photography
Joe was awesome. Stepped up on short notice and got my band, Evolution Eden some amazing photos. Worked the room. Me and the guys are mega happy with the photos and will DEFINITELY work with Joe again. He gets my highest reco for anyone interested in event photography.
From Katie K.
NickNaq Photography(FIRST READ INTRO. IN PROFILE )
Nick was awesome to work with! He shot a volunteer event for our company and was punctual, professional, and the photos turned out beautifully. Would hire again!
From Karen V.
Dream Photography & Videography
I hired Dream Photography & Videography, who are a husband and wife team, for my daughter and son-in-laws wedding reception. Zahed & Arezow are so easy to work with! They were so flexible with me as I was thinking on my feet regarding pictures during this event. I would give them high marks for all FIVE qualities:
Work Quality, Professionalism, Responsiveness, Value and Punctuality.
I would highly recommend using Dream Photography & Videography for one's special event!
From Donna A.
Dream Photography & Videography
Zahed was our Photographer and I was very grateful that he was able to be apart of our mini Elopement moment😊🥰. He was very considerate to our budget and the circumstances. He had our photos in timely manner. He was very prompt on replying to messages , the process was professional with the process. I would recommend him to events and I hope someday get work with them in the future.
From Joel B.
ES Studio / Proposals & SF City Hall Wedding
Michael was fantastic! He was responsive throughout the weeks leading up to our event and flexible with his arrival time when asked if we could change the time of his arrival. He ended up showing up a little earlier than expected which I'm a fan of!
He was approachable, charming and was constantly floating around the room taking a pics! He even brought his own ideas of poses and backgrounds that ended up being some of my fiances and I favorite photos of that night!
ONLY three days later after the event, my fiance and I were able to view the gallery of photos that he took from that night and we love them! Thank you so much, Michael!
From Thumbtack Customer
DeNoise Studios (please read profile)
We hired DeNoise to cover a two-day 400 person event conference. This is a typical job for us though our first time working with DeNoise.
At the last minute, were very surprised to find out that Albert wasn't shooting the event himself as that was the impression we’d been given. He assured us that the replacement was an excellent event photographer.
The photographer was a huge source of frustration to a number of staff on site. While demanding a locked room for her computer (as opposed to the production space that was guarded at all times) she still chose to carry her large backpack with her so that she was bumping into people and chairs while moving through a quiet room during plenaries. She had no sense of how to not be in the center of everything. She would stand so tall right in front of the podium that she was blocking the tight shot of the broadcast cameras behind her more than a half dozen times. She was a major distraction throughout the event.
We were very frustrated with the selects we received on day one. I explained that the images were not exposed correctly and the white balance was all over the place. I asked for the photographer to shoot a little more wide open and to try to address the camera shake that we got a lot of. The photographer said: “Albert will fix them in post, I didn’t really have time to do anything with them.” As a photographer myself, those words bothered me a great deal.
She continued to shoot the second day and I assumed (incorrectly) that she’d taken note of the poor quality from the day before and would pay closer attention to her images. What I didn’t realize was that the reason for the exposure problems and lack of sharpness was that she thought her camera was set to Program but it was really set to Manual.
Almost a week after the event, I got the first 468 images. The overwhelming majority (94%) either didn’t meet basic standards for sharpness, composition, and shot choice or they had exposure and white balance problems that made them unusable. These issues needed to be done in camera, not in post.
When I tried to figure out what was wrong with the images I found that all of the EXIF data had been stripped from the files. I raised the question about why the files had none of this data. I got no answer (though the second half of the files I received were not stripped).
When I did get files with EXIF information, the problems began to reveal themselves more systematically. Virtually everything was shot at 1/60th and 1/100th, which would be totally fine if she weren’t at 70mm and 200mm so often. This explains why there are so many shots showing camera shake. The data shows that at minimum more than 200 images were shot at a focal length requiring more than 1/100th sec shutter speed (everything shot at >100mm), which she never used.
The files show that the event was shot almost exclusively at ISO1600 (again, manual aperture changes but virtually no changes in shutter speed). This meant that almost everything in the ballroom was underexposed and almost everything in more well lit areas was overexposed.
As for what I would expect in post, nothing had been done. Albert admitted that he hadn’t actually done the work and later sent an edited batch. The “edited” versions had no exposure fixes, and in many cases were worse than the original.
The white balance was often a severe problem. Auto white balance meant that every single image had to be edited manually. Sample taken from the exact same podium sign under the exact same lighting had radically different temperatures and hues, even in sequential images.
This is not the level of photography I expect for $2400. It’s unprofessional, and shows little skill. Any one of these problems could probably have still left us with plenty of usable images but all of these problems converging left us with a couple dozen that could be used in a pinch but nothing for us to be proud of. That’s out of the ~1000 he gave us, who knows how many he held back!
Albert indicated that he had personal matters that prevented him from doing his side of the work but claimed that complaints about the quality of the work was irrational. He indicated that this is illustrative of the work he does and that he stands behind it.
I have worked with countless photographers and have become friends with many of them following events. I hold their work in the highest regard and have never, ever worked with a photographer as incompetent, nor a photography studio owner as unwilling to put in the minimum effort for a job.
From Stevan D.
Joi Conti Photography, LLC
Joi and Michael were photographers at my wedding and I'd highly recommend them to everyone. Communication with Joi before event was super easy, she quickly responded to my emails and phone calls with no delay. Also they traveled from San Leandro to Sacramento for my wedding. They were there on time, even before us :) Very knowledgeable, professional, reliable, patient, easy to cooperate. They were giving us suggestions the whole time so we could just relax and let them do their job. Once again, they make great team and I'm sure you'll love their work.
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